Finer Things Friday: Good Enough

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My quizzical, trying-not-to-laugh look prompted an insistent “But Mom. They do match. See? This one’s pink and this one has a pink bow!”

Impatient baby in one arm, a clock screaming “you’re late – again” and yes. It was.

Good enough.

I don’t even remember where we went that afternoon, but I do remember thinking that someday my three-year-old walking fashion statement would be more aware of what others think. More aware of what is and is not appropriate public attire. More aware of what truly matches.

And that kind of makes me sad.

So for now, I’m going to enjoy her unique perspective and just (quite literally) go with it.

Good enough for me, too! At least her shoes were probably on the right feet! I’m embarrassed to say I’ve picked up my daughter from school more than once to find her shoes on the wrong feet and I ask her if she took them off at school and she says, “No, this is how they’ve been all day.”

When I was around 10 I would mismatch my socks AND my shoes…of course one of each would match the other. So one white sock, one black. One white Keds sneaker, one black. Oh yes, I was very cool and setting my own fashion trends 🙂

My daughter mismatches her socks regularly. She’s 15 yrs old. But she has a unique fashion sense and isn’t embarrassed. Remember how adorable Punky Brewster was in her mismatching socks? Maybe your daughter and mine are onto something? Maybe they understand being unique and happy with who they are in that. 😉